There are moments in our lives when we summon the courage to make choices that go against reason, against common sense and the wise counsel of people we trust.
But it is no use to justify yourself. It is no good to explain. It is weak to be anecdotal. It is wise to conceal the past even if there is nothing to conceal. A man's power is in the half-light, in the half-seen movements of his hand and the unguess...
We want to believe in the essential, unchanging goodness of people, in their power to resist external pressures, in their rational appraisal and then rejection of situational temptations. We invest human nature with God-like qualities, with moral and...
In our friendships we have to be wise that we choose godly people to be our friends. Somebody might say, well does that mean that you should never have a lost person as your friend? No, I wouldn't say that. But you can't have the same intimacy with a...
L.A. runs on optimism, enthusiasm and flattery. I think you can go a little bit crazy. I've heard people say there's a limit to the number of years you can stay in this city without going slightly mad. It's just too damn sunny in every dimension - we...
An egoist is always intelligent, never wise.
'Tis folly to be wise.
A fool is wise in his eyes.
Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.
Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?
It is impossible to love and to be wise.
A word to the wise is infuriating.
He that is rich is wise.
To be intelligent, be complex; to be wise, be simple.
Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich.
The wise are above books.
The wise pause; the foolish react.
[first lines] Patrick Kenzie: I always believed it was the things you don't choose that makes you who you are. Your city, your neighborhood, your family. People here take pride in these things, like it was something they'd accomplished. The bodies ar...
It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
The intelligent have plans; the wise have principles.
The intelligent talk and the wise listen.
